diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
index 3b6a7ea169..ca74544e55 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
@@ -2510,9 +2510,11 @@ QString QUrl::toLocalFile() const
                                                ? QLatin1Char('/') + ourPath :  ourPath);
     } else {
         tmp = ourPath;
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
         // magic for drives on windows
         if (ourPath.length() > 2 && ourPath.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/') && ourPath.at(2) == QLatin1Char(':'))
             tmp.remove(0, 1);
+#endif
     }
 
     return tmp;
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
index f9fbb8cba8..7e6dd14e82 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp
@@ -1017,7 +1017,11 @@ void tst_QUrl::toLocalFile_data()
 
     QTest::newRow("data0") << QString::fromLatin1("file:/a.txt") << QString::fromLatin1("/a.txt");
     QTest::newRow("data4") << QString::fromLatin1("file:///a.txt") << QString::fromLatin1("/a.txt");
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     QTest::newRow("data5") << QString::fromLatin1("file:///c:/a.txt") << QString::fromLatin1("c:/a.txt");
+#else
+    QTest::newRow("data5") << QString::fromLatin1("file:///c:/a.txt") << QString::fromLatin1("/c:/a.txt");
+#endif
     QTest::newRow("data6") << QString::fromLatin1("file://somehost/somedir/somefile") << QString::fromLatin1("//somehost/somedir/somefile");
     QTest::newRow("data7") << QString::fromLatin1("file://somehost/") << QString::fromLatin1("//somehost/");
     QTest::newRow("data8") << QString::fromLatin1("file://somehost") << QString::fromLatin1("//somehost");